What's the difference between garget and gorget?

Garget


Definition:

  • (n.) The throat.
  • (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands.
  • (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.
  • (n.) See Poke.

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Gorget


Definition:

  • (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.
  • (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.
  • (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.
  • (n.) A ruff worn by women.
  • (n.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
  • (n.) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
  • (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The procedure need not require the use of holding sutures to evert the urethra, a gorget or similar device to aid the manipulation of the instrument into the bladder nor sutures to close the urethra.

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